It's interesting to think that my children know more about the process than many mature critics.

In all honesty a gangster picture was the easiest kind of film for me to get made.

Get Carter is a classic, but it did nothing in the United States. It came out on a double bill with a Frank Sinatra western.

As far as executing work is concerned, you do it all in order. You do it in contractual order. There's no overlap, it's just continuation of your ordinary work. You move from one project into another.

The empirical is very important, but merit is inherent and not acquired. A university is massively important because you can see where you stand naturally in the ranks, and try yourself out, but education is just reading and understanding what you read.

Casting is always subject to availabilities.

Dialogue is used to reveal not what we want to say, but what we are trying to hide.